Stuart Gillespie
@stuartgillespie.bsky.social
Nutrition, food justice, health, cycling | writer, freelance
Non-res senior fellow, IFPRI | hon associate IDS
FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/
SUBSTACK: stuartgillespie.substack.com
Non-res senior fellow, IFPRI | hon associate IDS
FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/
SUBSTACK: stuartgillespie.substack.com
Livelier than usual outside our place tonight
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Livelier than usual outside our place tonight
Enjoyed this chat with Philipp Blom the other day
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Enjoyed this chat with Philipp Blom the other day
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
This excellent book brilliantly captures the breadth of the health challenge – with chapters on diet, exercise, mental health, transport, water, clean air, gun control, smoking, health care systems – while deep-diving into the detail of both problems and solutions.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This excellent book brilliantly captures the breadth of the health challenge – with chapters on diet, exercise, mental health, transport, water, clean air, gun control, smoking, health care systems – while deep-diving into the detail of both problems and solutions.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Enjoyed this chat with @kcrwevan.bsky.social
www.kcrw.com/stories/chef...
(from 24m)
Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com
www.kcrw.com/stories/chef...
(from 24m)
Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Enjoyed this chat with @kcrwevan.bsky.social
www.kcrw.com/stories/chef...
(from 24m)
Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com
www.kcrw.com/stories/chef...
(from 24m)
Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thanks to the Next Big Idea Club team for selecting 'Food Fight' as a September must-read!
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thanks to the Next Big Idea Club team for selecting 'Food Fight' as a September must-read!
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
The Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics 2025 session 'Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food' from last week with Alexandra Johnstone and Gary Maclean...a very lively session, expertly moderately by Emma Harper, with some great questions and discussion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics 2025 session 'Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food' from last week with Alexandra Johnstone and Gary Maclean...a very lively session, expertly moderately by Emma Harper, with some great questions and discussion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
🔥new substack
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
August 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔥new substack
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
August 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
sundowner in Ely
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
sundowner in Ely
Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…
July 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
In @ifpri.org's Global Food Policy Report 2025, we review the evolution of nutrition politics, policy and programming through the last half-century since IFPRI's inception.
Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb...
Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...
Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb...
Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In @ifpri.org's Global Food Policy Report 2025, we review the evolution of nutrition politics, policy and programming through the last half-century since IFPRI's inception.
Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb...
Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...
Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb...
Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...
Over a century ago, Eglantyne Jebb was arrested for protesting a European blockade that led to mass starvation....before later founding Save the Children.
How is this happening now?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...
How is this happening now?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...
July 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Over a century ago, Eglantyne Jebb was arrested for protesting a European blockade that led to mass starvation....before later founding Save the Children.
How is this happening now?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...
How is this happening now?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...
'When are health professionals ethically obligated to engage in public advocacy'
Timely insights from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Timely insights from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'When are health professionals ethically obligated to engage in public advocacy'
Timely insights from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Timely insights from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
trainee Ventoux nutter (1991)
July 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
trainee Ventoux nutter (1991)
We know corruption exists...but how does it impact our global food system? @anastassiad.bsky.social @kcullerton.bsky.social
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We know corruption exists...but how does it impact our global food system? @anastassiad.bsky.social @kcullerton.bsky.social
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
“Until we get to net zero emissions extreme weather will only get worse...people are noticing, with rising food prices No 2 on the list of climate impacts they see in their lives, second only to extreme heat itself."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
July 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Until we get to net zero emissions extreme weather will only get worse...people are noticing, with rising food prices No 2 on the list of climate impacts they see in their lives, second only to extreme heat itself."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Great paper by Dori Patay and colleagues...on getting beyond the clichés of transformation to show what it will really take!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Great paper by Dori Patay and colleagues...on getting beyond the clichés of transformation to show what it will really take!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social
Sportswashing in overdrive....
Cadbury, PepsiCo, KP Snacks, Walkers, and Kellogg’s have been hard at work ramping up their pollution of football, cycling, golf, and cricket
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Cadbury, PepsiCo, KP Snacks, Walkers, and Kellogg’s have been hard at work ramping up their pollution of football, cycling, golf, and cricket
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Sportswashing in overdrive....
Cadbury, PepsiCo, KP Snacks, Walkers, and Kellogg’s have been hard at work ramping up their pollution of football, cycling, golf, and cricket
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Cadbury, PepsiCo, KP Snacks, Walkers, and Kellogg’s have been hard at work ramping up their pollution of football, cycling, golf, and cricket
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Absolutely!
Down-regulate/tax the bad ...but crucially, use the dividend to up-regulate the good (improve access and affordability of healthy diets for low-income families)
Down-regulate/tax the bad ...but crucially, use the dividend to up-regulate the good (improve access and affordability of healthy diets for low-income families)
July 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Absolutely!
Down-regulate/tax the bad ...but crucially, use the dividend to up-regulate the good (improve access and affordability of healthy diets for low-income families)
Down-regulate/tax the bad ...but crucially, use the dividend to up-regulate the good (improve access and affordability of healthy diets for low-income families)
Pithy review of 'Food Fight' in @newscientist.com 'best of 2025 so far' section
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
canongate.co.uk/books/5139-f...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
canongate.co.uk/books/5139-f...
July 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pithy review of 'Food Fight' in @newscientist.com 'best of 2025 so far' section
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
canongate.co.uk/books/5139-f...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
canongate.co.uk/books/5139-f...
July 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM